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Why didn't they add this in with the Business expansion?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 333 / 344
Date: April 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to try to give a fair review of this pack for those of you considering it. But this is going to be hard, so please bear with me.

This "Stuff" pack, released less then a month after "Open for Business" came out, is minimal at best. I bought this, going against the advice you see here by other reviewers. I was sorely lacking for some kids room ideas, having done "Alien Rooms" and "Soccer Rooms" to the hilt. As a long time Sims fan, I generally don't like downloading objects from the internet fan sites, as I've heard stories of viruses being in them, and also them ruining your saved games. This stuff pack seemed to be a happy medium. I would be able to get new objects for my Sims, without introducing a entire new part of the game, as in the previous expansions.

Something about the best laid plans - they never work! I bought this today, luckily at a less expensive price then Amazon, at Target. I installed it, and made a "Sea" and "Castle" theme room for my Sims. That took all of 15 minutes. This is the problem with the pack. Those rooms are neat and spiffy, but to totally go through an expansion pack, trying all the different options within 15 minutes, means to me that it's not worth the money. The clothing options for adults are limited to 3 outfits each in the Hawaiian style. There's no new adult things, just a few minimal decorating objects. This pack would have been better named "Kids Fun Stuff" because it's truly about the kids.

My opinion comes down to save your money. I know people are going to be miffed with this pack and probably sell it in Amazon.Com marketplace for alot less then it's selling for now. If you must have this pack to complete your collection, my advice is to wait.

If Maxis/EA wants to release stuff collections like this one, I would think a downloadable pack on the internet for about five dollars would be reasonable. 20 dollars for a pack like this just isn't fair to your die hard Sims fan. Considering that an average Sims player forks over 50 for the original game, 30 for each expansion, this was an unfair move to capitalize on a weakness of the game. (Weakness being lack of good kids stuff)

Just my two cents :o)

save you money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 71 / 106
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Save your money and get free stuff from all the great sims sites online. I have never had a virus problem and not once had my game crash because of something I downloaded. That's why I run an antivirus program. I have loads of stuff, from clothes to objects to homes, why would I waste money on this product? Maxis made stuff is always so boring anyway. Especially their clothing. It is awful.

20 bucks for THIS?????

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 26 / 29
Date: April 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I cannot believe this!!! I am a Sims 2 addict, and I am stunned with this new way to make a little money on EA's part! This Family Fun Stuff is a joke!! You get three clothing items for women, three for men, 9 for teens, and a bunch of useless costumes for the kids! And the "MUST HAVE items" it claims on the box are ridiculous. Yes, they are cute, yes, they could be useful at some point....BUT I dont think this was worth the $20 I had to put out for it, and you can download a bunch of custom content on most sites for FREE. The worst part is I can't get my money back. I can only exchange for the exact same thing. I am aware that this was not a full expansion, but give me a break! I will NEVER again buy one of these "add-on's".

"Fun" is a bit of a misnomer...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 25 / 29
Date: April 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I considered the Holiday pack to be overpriced, and that at least included 2 new NPCs, new objects with new interactions, a new way to die, fireworks, etc.

This pack? Gives you a minimal amount of furniture, some clothes and facepaint, and lots of bugs.

Frankly, for the same amount of money, I could easily get over 10 times the amount of new objects/clothes/hair from fan pay sites that do not mess up my game. Not to mention that the majority of fansites out there are free, and if you spend some time with google, you can easily find much higher-quality custom content.

(Incidentially, downloading new objects/clothes/hair has never screwed up my game. I've also never heard of a site that carried a virus. The only thing you have to keep in mind is that it is possible for mods - ie, files that modify how some aspects of the game work - to be packaged in with lots. Most custom content sites take care to provide clean lots, but not all of them do).

Maxis takes advantage of loyal sims players

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 25 / 28
Date: April 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Before issuing this pack of new items for Sims game, Maxis ran several surveys on their web site. The question always was would you spend 14.99 for 40 items or 19.99 for 80 items. Somehow they decided on 60 items for 19.99. How they decided on that I don't know.

Second, there is every indication that most of these items should have been and would have been part of the Open for Business expansion pack until EA got greedy and decided to release this as a separate set.

Clue number one: Open for Business was the first expansion pack to only require one disc instead of the usual two. Why? Do you really need me to answer that?

Clue number two: in Open for business there was a "Fantasy Items" folder but only a very few items for it in the expansion pack. All of the Fantasy items for that folder are in this twenty dollar rip off.

To make matters worse, this pack was released with a major bug in it where if you dress your Sim in CAS then insert them into the game, you lose all of the new clothing items from the Family Fun Pack. A patch has yet to be issued. (04/22/2006) It seems more and more software developers are using their customers as beta testers.

I know that EA poured a massive amount of money into The Godfather game, but it would seem as if they are trying to recoup some of that investment from the loyal Sims players who have supported all of the expansion packs. Well, not this guy.

Stuff This

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 35 / 44
Date: August 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I already made the decision not to buy these "stuff packs" as soon as I saw the Family Fun Stuff Pack (FFSP) come out - I knew right away it was a rip-off. It is an insult to our intelligence. However, a girlfriend of mine thought it would be cute to purchase it for me since she knew I was into The Sims 2, but she didn't know any better and surprised me.

After installing it, my pre-observation proved true. Here is the rundown of what the Family Fun Stuff Pack offers simmers:

1. New music. If you run the game off the FFSP disk, you can hear new musical scores at the load-up screen, but not elsewhere.

2. New clothes. There are three everyday outfits of Hawaiian theme for each age group and gender to wear. (Nice hula shirts and cargo shorts.) The kids get new pajamas. Whoopee.

3. New decorations. Like ocean navigation? You get some nice looking sailing motiffe stuff to hang on the walls or place on an endtable. The best decoration, in my opinion, is the towel rack which I place in all my bathrooms. The wallpaper additions are for kids only (medieval/dragons and underwater/sea life).

4. New furniture. It's all kid stuff: dressers, beds, and lamps. (Anyone who uses the floor coverings (under the Rugs tab) are creating a ridiculous room, I'll tell you that much.)

The main problem with this Stuff Pack (SP) - besides the fact that all the material should have been included in the Open for Business expansion pack (EP) and NOT sold separately - is that you are extremely limited with what you are given. In all reality, you will make two bedrooms and use up 90% of the items to do so. Then you will wonder why you dropped $20 on such a rip-off perpetrated by the Maxis gang.

If The Sims 2 wasn't such a solid game, I'd recommend a boycott. Maybe just boycott the SPs and EPs.

My only recommendation is that you purchase ZERO expansions and stuffs for The Sims 2 until The Sims 3 is released a couple years from now. Then, when they offer "The Sims 2 Complete Edition" - which will include all their rip-off expansions and stuffs - you can buy it for $45 (guessing). Otherwise, if you don't like to spend money wisely, this SP is for you.

I don't think so

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 18 / 25
Date: May 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well I checked this out on several sources before thinking about buying it. I went to a friends home and saw that she had it so I took a hands on tour. This is the biggest waste of money I've seen so far by Maxis. I personally download alot of content off fansites that are 100% better than the offerings in this "edition". I've even dabbled in making my own objects,recolors, etc for the game. I think this should have been included with one of the other packs instead of a stand alone, or at least offered fro free at the official site. I've been playing sims since the very first pc game came out and this is a disappointment for us long time gamers.

Very poor value for money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 20
Date: April 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Title says it all - very little added to the game for too high a price.

Stuff Packs?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 19
Date: April 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Stuff packs? All they sound like to me is a way to make money for EA and Maxis.
Please...stick to the real stuff, like expansion packs (Nightlife, University, Open for Business). Please.

Disappointing and Waste of Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: May 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I always look forward to receiving my Sims 2 Expansion packs. I'm really disappointed with this one. Sims 2 Family Fun is just some new items, nothing spectacular and really, the Christmas bundle pack was cheaper and better. I think EA is really taking advantage of people on this one. I think $19.99 is alot for what you actually get in the game. I'll be sure to read ALL reviews before buying anymore expansion packs or bundle packs;(

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